Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Immigration agency’s move makes it harder for lawyers and family to find detainees, in line with stringent Trump policy</p><p>US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ice-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">ICE</a>) has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them, according to current and former officials familiar with the practice.</p><p>ICE removed those detainees from its online detainee locator system on 15 September, according to three current and former ICE officials who spoke to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ice-detainee-locator-disappear-removal-orders-c3329a70bce424879bc5880b286c019c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the change. Several lawyers contacted by the AP confirmed their clients vanished from the system this week, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association warned its members about the situation on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/21/ice-hides-detainee-locations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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